For four years I studied in two different higher educational settings. These studies were almost entirely in the secular realm and dealt with natural thinking. God gave us our ability to reason, but reasoning without God, the Bible and the help of the Holy Spirit often leads to all manner of wrong think and ultimately wrong actions. That is where I ended up at that time in my life.

Generally, natural or secular or even liberal thinking usually concludes that the correct party or politician or government is the cure-all for every problem. On the other hand, spiritual thinking sees the Christian church and Christian ministries as the answer for most of the ills of society. Now, it is quite easy to find huge government waste in multitudes of different programs, The Christian realm is not without its faults, but for the most part funds used to help people by a Christian ministry are much more likely to meet real needs than huge government programs.

Let’s look at a clear case in point where the results have been measured: education. Very clear studies have been done comparing children in secular and Christian schools. By the time children in Christian schools are in middle school, they are much more than a grade ahead of those in public schools. Why is that? There are probably a variety of factors involved, but the one I believe is most important(and I taught in Christian middle schools for five years) was Bible study and prayer. When God is brought on the scene, the atmosphere changes, and the Holy Spirit goes to work to help students. When parents, teachers, students and administrators pray, educational advancement occurs. What is amazing is that the average cost per year for students in a Christian school is less than half of what it is in a public school. I rest my case.

Note: Even though this blog was written awhile ago, I decided to dedicate it to my brother who recently passed away. Most of his working life he spent teaching in a Christian school.

Postscript: This blog is in no way meant to denigrate those godly, righteous teachers who are working in secular education. Almost certainly they are doing the best they can with their hands tied, so to speak, in terms of bringing biblical values into the classroom.